Coffee & HEMA: Don't mark progress with Ratings & Tournament Performance

The Coffee & HEMA series examines a range of different topics in Historical European Martial Arts. I try to make a point about an important area in the time it takes for my coffee to brew in the morning.
In this video I talk about why you shouldn't just use tournament results (and correspondingly HEMA Ratings) as your only measure of progress.
All opinions are my own, and are based upon my several years of experience in running clubs, teaching classes and organising tournaments.
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You are absolutely right.

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Tournaments are measure of the best person on that day.
In history the best got to keep their life and limbs.
You should always aim to do the basics right and get the advanced stuff as a bonus.